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#1 Post by stracer859 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:35 pm

why would my car not pick up no ET. i went from a stock th350 with a 2500 converter to a coan th350with a brake and a neal chance bolt together, stock driveshaft to a MMC shaft, stock 8.5 10 bolt rearend with 4.56 gears and a mini spool with drum brakes to a 12 bolt, 33 spline moser axles, full spool, 4.10 pro gear, wilwood disks. slapper bars to cal tracs, stock steering to a rack and pinion, drums on the fronts to aerospace disks, went to fiberglass bumpers over stock, fiberglass hood over a stock. better carb. alot of stuff and i didnt pick up nothin but a couple hundreths, the weight alone should have been worth that. im so confused any help anyone ?? john u have any advice ??

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#2 Post by one_fast_camaro » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:52 pm

Did you change all that at one time? If so it's probably just a tuning issue that will have to be worked out to make up for all the changes. Also did you pick up over your best ever time or your last runs on the old setup?

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#3 Post by stracer859 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:40 pm

didnt pick up anything from my best et or average times

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#4 Post by one_fast_camaro » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:50 pm

so your car consistently ran the same average and best ET every pass? regardless of the weather. In case you haven't noticed it's been very hot lately, I'm sure that some cool weather and some tuning on the new setup will get everything straightened out. Is this a camaro by chance? if so it might be that driveshaft :wink: maybe you should switch back to stock and send me that new one :D

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#5 Post by stracer859 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:53 pm

lol naw its a nova, i picked a old timeslip out of the glovebox and it was within 2 hundreths of what i ran that day , i mean i gained nothing in the 60 ft

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#6 Post by YD-LUZ » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:58 pm

Have to know more info?
Cam specs, heads, engine combination in general, the NC converter is how loose? Is it spinning? Is the mph the same too? Car weight?

Very sorry to hear this, I'm very concerned about a bunch of changes I am making to my Camaro, I could be in the same boat ya know!

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#7 Post by stracer859 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:26 pm

heads are sportsman 2s cast iron, cam is a solid roller, 264\272 @ 050, 638\638 106 ls, 10.50 :1, converter goes 5100 on the transbrake. naw it aint spinnin, dont know the car weight, mph is off a lil. just tearin me up that i spent all this money on good stuff and takin some weight off and i didnt pick up hardly anything. hell i could have kept my old rearend and put another junk th350 in it with a generic converter and been a helluva lot happier than blowin all this money on good parts that have done me no good. any help is appreciated

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#8 Post by stracer859 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:28 pm

o yeah 355 cu in

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try this....

#9 Post by sixty_foot » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:23 am

stracer......after seeing how serious you are on shaving the et down ...you may want to consider letting another driver with experience make a couple passes in your car for you. not that im saying that you are a bad driver, its just that sometimes we have habits that we are unaware of, and periodically it is a good idea to "watch", your car make a couple of passes, (wether it be on video, or at half track).
having someone that has actually driven your car to compare notes can be of a real benefit.
i know, i know, everyone is the "ultimate", driver........try a little humble pie and see if that et doesnt change..... :D
speed..... is how fast you hit the wall,
.....torque...... is how hard you bounce off

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#10 Post by stracer859 » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:43 pm

i was thinkin bout doin that but my buddy that i would let do that is out of town right now. no other close friends race or would end up bein like my cousin when i let him drive,, he got out shakin lmao

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#11 Post by stracer859 » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:03 am

got a lil help and found a shock problem, picked the car up to a 7.27@94.8 mph. still think some is left in it.

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